Alan Wake PC officially cancelled

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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2010/02/12/alan-wake-pc-officially-cancelled/1


Interestingly, Microsoft claims that the PC version has been cancelled because the PC platform is "too intimate".

"Some games are more suited for the intimacy of the PC, and others are best played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen," a Microsoft spokesperson told Strategy Informer.

"We ultimately realised that the most compelling way to experience Alan Wake was on the Xbox 360 platform, so we focused on making it an Xbox 360 exclusive. Both Microsoft and Remedy have long histories in PC game development. This decision was about matching this specific game to the right platform."
 
who came up with that line? Its almost like they're saying that the game looks like crap when viewed from a monitor up close at anything more than 1080p.
 
Bummer, but I was expecting it :(

oh well, if I one day own another 360, I'll probably pick it up
 
Of course it's going to be an XBox exclusive with Microsoft calling the shots. I'm not surprised at the news at all, well except for their excuse.
 
You would think "intimate" would equate to more immersive which is a good thing. Being closer to the screen on a computer lets pulls you into the game world better than sitting 20 feet away on a couch.

Oh well. I was looking forward to this game on my PC. Guess I'll have to buy the 360 version.
 
flyingturtle said:
You would think "intimate" would equate to more immersive which is a good thing. Being closer to the screen on a computer lets pulls you into the game world better than sitting 20 feet away on a couch.

Oh well. I was looking forward to this game on my PC. Guess I'll have to buy the 360 version.
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Not when all your textures are low-res crap made for the 360.
 
Could that press release possibly have been laced with any more bullshit? Its like a Steve Jobs keynote in text form.
 
they said the same thing about Star Wars: Force Unleashed, that it would never get a PC release...then a year later they released it for the PC...same thing will happen here...they just want to hype up the Xbox exclusive feature so everyone will think that this is the only way they can play the game

Alan Wake PC coming in 2011
 
polonyc2 said:
they said the same thing about Star Wars: Force Unleashed, that it would never get a PC release...then a year later they released it for the PC...same thing will happen here...they just want to hype up the Xbox exclusive feature so everyone will think that this is the only way they can play the game

Alan Wake PC coming in 2011
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I think you're probably right.

Alan Wake PC coming in 2011, but it's going to be a shitty port job.
 
J W said:
Alan Wake PC coming in 2011, but it's going to be a shitty port job.
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Nothing new there then, PC is getting to be the red headed stepchild of gaming, despite pushing the envelope in terms of new tech etc. :(
 
I've heard many reasons for cancelling a game through my life.. but this one reeks of shit. It's more proof that Microsoft cares more about their 360 than they do PC's. With eyefinity, head2head, pcs hooking up to tvs, 1080p+ monitors, surround sound, how can they say the Pc isn't the right platform for such a game?
 
i bet this was done to curb the piracy since this is a single player game
 
Its this a big surprise...could have sworn their were fairly certain reports that it was canceled for pc a long time ago.
 
They realised that the game was so crappy, that releasing it on PC would cause much more wrath then just cancelling it :)
 
Too intimate for a single-player thriller? That is some mind-boggling bullshit.
 
It appears nobody at Microsoft has ever hooked up their PC to a "larger TV screen" or even noticed the prevalence of PC inputs on HDTVs.
 
I don't think people would be as irritated about it had we been given to honest truth.

"We're not releasing Alan Wake for the PC because it would cause some people to buy the PC version rather than the 360 version, we have to beat sony, we might release Alan Wake a few years down the road for the PC though"

but honestly a single player thriller not being released for the PC because the PC is "too intimate" is so contradictory. Wouldn't that make it even more engaging?!?
 
I hope sales of AW are severely disappointing.

Making this game exclusive to X360 will not make me buy an X360, it just means I won't buy the game.

To be honest, with how long this game has been in development and all the footage and sneak peaks, I really lost interest at least a year (if not 2) ago.
 
You can all point the fingers to Microsoft. They want all PC gamers to buy an Xbox 360 and be stuck to their closed, proprietary system where they have full control over you unlike with the PC and its openness and flexibility. They'll strong-arm the competition and cancel PC ports, do whatever it takes. :mad:
 
nerdydesi said:
You can all point the fingers to Microsoft. They want all PC gamers to buy an Xbox 360 and be stuck to their closed, proprietary system where they have full control over you unlike with the PC and its openness and flexibility. They'll strong-arm the competition and cancel PC ports, do whatever it takes. :mad:
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No, I don't think that's true. Remember, a Windows PC is the only general purpose platform that games and that sells a LOT of copies of Windows still. But sure that want to sell Xbox's as well so from time to time they pull this crap.

Honestly folks a few titles hear and there are on the PC. And some of those shitty consoles ports aren't all that shitty.

At any rate, if PC gaming ever died, Microsoft would be in a world of hurt, along with likes of nVidia, Intel, AMD, etc. I mean over the life span of console, I will have spent twice as much on games, and close to 50 TIMES in hardware. Without PC gaming I'd not build $5000 rig every 18 months. Consolers just to spend ANYWHERE near this kind of money.
 
Honestly, after seeing video of the game from E3 I was less than impressed. Looks like Remdy completely gimped the game for consoles killing what was interesting about it in the first place.
 
Met-AL said:
I know, cause if they released it for the PC we would just torrent the hell out of it.. being single player and all.
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No you don't get it, MS bought them for the same reasons they bought Bungie for Halo, and Epic for Gears: "To sell more Xbox360s and sell more subscriptions to Xbox live."

Piracy is not the issue. Besides Xbox360 games are just as pirated as PC games.
 
SCSI-Terminator said:
No you don't get it, MS bought them for the same reasons they bought Bungie for Halo, and Epic for Gears: "To sell more Xbox360s and sell more subscriptions to Xbox live."

Piracy is not the issue. Besides Xbox360 games are just as pirated as PC games.
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dont be silly, its not even close, pc games are pirated in the millions of copies. cod4 on the xbox360 did not even break a million.

However in this case it's not piracy. MS hasn't made a pc game in ages. They have lost so much money on the xbox360, in the billion of dollers. I dont think we will see another MS pc game until it is out of the console bussiness.
 
SCSI-Terminator said:
No you don't get it, MS bought them for the same reasons they bought Bungie for Halo, and Epic for Gears: "To sell more Xbox360s and sell more subscriptions to Xbox live."

Piracy is not the issue. Besides Xbox360 games are just as pirated as PC games.
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Microsoft doesn't own Remedy or Epic.
 
Not the whole studio no, but they do own gears, which was origionaly going to be a pc game.

Its the same reason NBC bought tv rights to the superbowl and olympics. Exclusitivity, and greed.
 
Can't say I'm really surprised, but those excuses given are just retarded.

450 said:
PC Gaming isn't dying... Yeah...
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Alan Wake is just one game. PC gaming doesn't need it to survive. Heck Microsoft game publishing division could disappear from this planet and it won't make much of a difference for PC Gaming :D
 
yeah I'm pretty sure it's been common knowledge for many months that the PC version was canceled.
 
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